| The psychological scars of Austria’s last minute penalty in their second Group B game arguably proved to be too big a hurdle in approaching this game for the Poles. The post-mortem of their Euro 08 failure begins as they board the early plane home. Poland were denied their first ever European finals victory in Vienna by a late Austrian penalty. Tom Hornsby reports on the result that leaves both teams' future in the competition in the balance. Poland prepare to play in the Euro Finals for the first time in their history against a side they've never beaten! But Germany have not won in the Euro Finals since lifting the trophy in 1996! Poland have suffered another blow to their Euro 08 squad, Manchester United's keeper Tomasz Kuszczak is out after injuring his spine in training.
Poland have suffered a late change to their Euro 08 squad, winger Jakub Blaszczykowski will miss the tournament following aggravation of a hamstring injury in training. Poland coach Leo Beenhakker has also included Celtic keeper Artur Boruc is in his squad following a fine season in the SPL.
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